America grooves on schizophrenic sexual morality

A nation of promiscuous prudes

By Victor Davis Hanson

.......Decades after the rise of feminism, popular culture still seems confused by it. If women should be able to approach sexuality like men, does it follow that commentary about sex should follow the same gender-neutral rules? Yet wearing provocative or inappropriate clothing is often considered less offensive than remarking upon it. Calling a near-nude Madonna onstage a “hussy” or “tart” would be considered crudity in a way that her mock crucifixion and simulated sex acts are not.

Criminal sexual activity is sometimes not as professionally injurious as politically incorrect thoughts about sex and gender. Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer found to have hired prostitutes on a number of occasions during his time in office was given a CNN news show despite the scandal. But when Miss California Carrie Prejean was asked in the Miss USA Pageant whether she endorsed same-sex marriage, she said no and thereby earned nearly as much popular condemnation for her candid defense of traditional marriage as Mr. Spitzer had for his purchased affairs........................
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